Class Struggle

The San Francisco teachers strike that concluded this morning represents a significant milestone in the ongoing class struggle of the twentieth-first century. For four days, educators across the city shut down public schools, affecting approximately 50,000 students, while the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) engaged in marathon …

The Argentine Senate’s approval of President Javier Milei’s labor reform on February 12, 2026, represents a textbook case of capitalist counter-revolution in action—a desperate attempt by the ruling class to reverse the gains of the working class and restore the conditions of the 19th century. The 42-30 vote in favor of this neoliberal assault on workers’ rights, following a marathon 13-hour …

The San Francisco teachers’ strike that has paralyzed public education across the city for days represents a significant development in the ongoing class struggle—a struggle that, despite the apparent tranquility of capitalist society, continues to simmer beneath the surface, erupting periodically in the form of workers’ resistance. The fact that approximately 6,000 educators, librarians, social …

The Kaiser Permanente strike in California is a significant development in the ongoing class struggle, particularly within the health care sector. On February 9, 2026, over 3,000 pharmacy technicians, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770, joined the strike, expanding what is now the largest health care strike in the region. This action follows a three-day strike by 31,000 …

The question of why the American proletariat, that vast army of wage slaves, should find itself marching under the banner of a billionaire whose every breath is a testament to the most vulgar forms of capitalism, is one that demands the most rigorous materialist analysis. It is not a question of “why” in the abstract, but of how the specific contradictions of American capitalism have produced this …